I picked up this all leather messenger bag from the thrift store for a few dollars. But, the "vintage" bag came along with a few "vintage" stains. And I have yet to find a good method of getting stains out of leather (if you know of one, please pass along). You can see a couple of the stains on the front of the bag - there were also several on the back and on the shoulder strap.
I'd heard good things about the leather dyes that you can purchase online, in a multitude of cool colors, but I didn't have the patience to order and wait for it to be delivered.
So I used Kiwi Leather Dye, which I found in the shoe department at Wal-mart.
After my dying experiment:
You can read my full review of this dye on my blog.
3 comments:
I like it. I would use the colour all over actually. But then maybe that would be too much.
I like that it is textured brown and not solid though.
Sandy in the UK
The two tone effect works really well, great fix and great bag
Erica EOD
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